Saudi Arabia

Why the UK must stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia

In April 2016, our research team visited Yemen to collect evidence of human rights abuses. What we discovered was a UK-made cluster bomb, used by the coalition in a series of strikes on civilians.

Saudi women arrested for driving - not cars, but human rights change

Women in Saudi Arabia will finally be able to drive legally in June 2018. But in a cruel twist, 11 of the women human rights defenders who led the campaign have been arrested.

Saudi Arabia’s execution toll hits 100

The country is already one of the most prolific executioners in the world, and they’re showing no signs of slowing down. We need you to stand with us in calling for further executions to be stopped.

Saudi Arabia: British citizen Ahmed al-Doush receives a 10 year sentence

It is unknown to Ahmed’s family and UK legal team what the charges were for

Saudi Arabia: Families fear imminent execution of loved ones amid surge in drug-related executions

Between January and April, Saudi authorities executed at least 88 people including 52 for drug-related crimes

Saudi Arabia: Authorities 'must immediately reveal' whereabouts of woman unjustly convicted for social media posts about women's rights

Fitness instructor, Manahel al-Otaibi’s was sentenced to 11 years in prison in January 2024

Saudi Arabia: Leeds student jailed in Saudi for tweeting in support women's rights released

Salma al-Shehab’s ordeal in prison is finally over

Men's World Cup: FIFA produces 'astonishing whitewash' of Saudi Arabia's human rights record

FIFA provided Saudi Arabia a ‘medium’ risk rating for human rights in its evaluation of its bid for the 2034 World Cup

FIFA/Saudi Arabia: Global law firm’s flawed human rights assessment of Saudi Arabia’s World Cup 2034 bid raises ‘deep concern’

11 human rights groups, football supporters and worker organisations join forces to voice deep concern

Saudi Arabia: 40 NGOs call on Saudi authorities to release imprisoned online critics ahead of Internet Governance Forum

Saudi to host the Internet Governance Forum in 100 days

Israel: government has tried to suppress revelations in NSO spyware legal case

Forbidden Stories analysis of leaked documents suggests Israeli authorities acted to conceal information concerning Pegasus spyware use

WhatsApp is suing the Israeli firm in a Californian court for allegedly abusing its platform to hack the phones of 1,400 people around the world

UN: Saudi Arabia to be appointed chair of UN gender equality forum despite ‘abysmal’ women’s rights record

Leaked draft of first written penal code shows catastrophic consequences for women

Saudi Arabia: Two young men at imminent risk of execution after Supreme Court decision issued in secret

Abdullah al-Derazi and Jalal Labbad sentenced to death for protesting against the regime

Kuwait: Five hanged as execution spree continues into second year

Kuwait has executed 12 people this year

Saudi Arabia: Leeds student's 'outrageous' 34-year sentence for Twitter use must be quashed

Amnesty International has denounced an “outrageous” 34-year prison sentence against a Leeds student jailed solely for her peaceful Twitter activity, calling for her to be immediately and unconditionally released.

Biden warned not to embolden abusive governments on Middle East trip

President Joe Biden must fulfil his promise to put human rights at the centre of his first visit to the Middle East and North Africa

Saudi Arabia set to execute two Bahraini men after 'grossly unfair' trial

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdul Aziz must halt the imminent execution of two Bahraini Shi’a men who were sentenced to death on terrorism and protest-related charges following a grossly unfair trial.

Turkey: Move to transfer Khashoggi murder trial to Saudi Arabia is 'dark day' for justice

Justice cannot be delivered by a Saudi court

Saudi Arabia: blogger Raif Badawi still held in jail after serving his ten-year sentence

Amnesty's response to news that the Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi remains in detention despite having completed an unjust ten-year prison sentence earlier this week.

UK: sportswashing issues unresolved as Newcastle prepare for first game after Saudi takeover

Amnesty comments ahead of Newcastle United Football Club’s first Premier League game since the club’s controversial takeover by a Saudi-led consortium.

Saudi Arabia: fresh persecution following country's presidency of G20 - new report

Saudi Arabian has brazenly intensified its persecution of human rights defenders and dissidents after a lull in prosecutions during the country’s recent year-long G20 presidency, Amnesty International said in a new report.

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